27 October 2011
Europe’s science chief claims her aides know nothing about how a technology firm benefiting from public funds is profiting from the Israeli occupation, despite having been briefed on this very subject. Read more about EU in denial about aid for Motorola Israel
27 October 2011
Edinburgh University students’ campaign for ending business with security firm G4S because the company provides security services to Israeli prisons. Addameer publishes update on the situation of the prisoners. Read more about Edinburgh University students vote to ban G4S
27 October 2011
Finland’s Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja has strongly criticized Israel’s practices against Palestinians and declared that “No apartheid state is justified or sustainable.” But will Finland take action to end its arms trade with Israel? Read more about Finland foreign minister condemns Israeli "apartheid" but will he act?
26 October 2011
Palestinian popular leader and activist Sheikh Raed Salah’s appeal against deportation from the UK was rejected by the First Tier tribunal, an immigration court, it emerged today. The full ruling has yet to be released to the public, but was sent to the parties (Salah and the UK Border Agency) today. My full report for Electronic Intifada will follow soon, meanwhile the following press release has been issued. Read more about Raed Salah loses initial appeal against deportation from UK
26 October 2011
A new video titled “A Message from Palestine” has surfaced on the internet and is being shared by many Palestinian youth who agree with its message. Read more about "A Message from Palestine"
26 October 2011
While he held the job of President Barack Obama’s peace process envoy, former US Senator George Mitchell generally maintained a good reputation. He came into the job with high regard because of his role in Northern Ireland. During his Middle East tenure, Mitchell was notoriously tight-lipped, allowing people to believe that behind the stony face was a tough and fair “honest broker” who would privately take Israel to task in ways that the US could not do publicly. Read more about Former Obama envoy George Mitchell comes out as 'Israel's lawyer'
25 October 2011
Please show solidarity with Ali Aarrass, a Belgian-Moroccan national who has been tortured. Read more about Belgium "bans" Free Palestine T-shirts, ignores torture of its citizen
25 October 2011
From the Cambridge Bin Veolia campaign: 58% of students vote to break contract with company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses Students at Cambridge have voted to call on the University to cut ties with a company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses. Read more about Cambridge students vote to break contract with Veolia
25 October 2011
In this article previously published on +972 magazine, I discuss the censorship of material in Palestinian textbooks in East Jerusalem schools — a clearly illegal and dangerous move by the Jerusalem Education Adminstration (JEA). Read more about Israel censors Palestinian textbooks in East Jerusalem
24 October 2011
In a new article made available today by the journal Jerusalem Quarterly, activist and The Electronic Intifada contributor Hannah Mermelstein discusses a lesser known part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine — the attempted annihilation of the Palestinian nation through cultural theft and destruction. Read more about Israel's war on Palestinian culture